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RFC 1812 - 6. TRANSPORT LAYER

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### 6. TRANSPORT LAYER

A router is not required to implement any Transport Layer protocols except those required to support Application Layer protocols supported by the router. In practice, this means that most routers implement both the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the User Datagram Protocol (UDP).

6.1 USER DATAGRAM PROTOCOL - UDP
6.2 TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL - TCP

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RFC 1812 - 6. TRANSPORT LAYER